West1993
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| BibType | ARTICLE |
| Key | West1993 |
| Author(s) | Candace West |
| Title | Reconceptualizing gender in physician-patient relationships |
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| Tag(s) | Medical CA, communication, physician-patient relationships, women |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Month | jan |
| Journal | Social Science and Medicine |
| Volume | 36 |
| Number | 1 |
| Pages | 57–66 |
| URL | Link |
| DOI | 10.1016/0277-9536(93)90305-N |
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Abstract
In this paper, I propose that existing research on how women physicians relate to patients differently from men might benefit from a reconceptualization of gender. Toward this end, I present an ethnomethodological perspective on gender as an accomplishment and show how it contrasts with conventional perspectives on ‘sex differences' and ‘sex roles'. I review results of existing research on women and men physicians' relationships with their patients, highlighting the inadequacies of conventional perspectives to address this topic. Finally, I recast results of my own research on ‘doctors' orders' in an effort to illustrate the utility of this perspective to research on gender's effects on the physician-patient relationship.
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